Water-supply valve.



No. 674.696. Patented May 2|, 190l- H. GARDENIER.

WATER SUPPLY VALVi.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1900.)

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WATER-SUPPLY VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,696, dated May 21, 1901 Application filed October 20, 1900. Serial No. 33,715 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that I, HENRY GARDENIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 242 Water street, in the city of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water Supply Valves, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The objects of my invention are to provide a simple, noiseless, efficient, and economical water-supply valve (or ball-cock) by means of which water can be let into a lavatory or into a tank at any desired height, which will close automatically without any waste of water, and which will be durable and not easily gotten out of order, being entirely free from cups, leathers, springs, or stuffing-boxes.

The invention consists of an air-chamber secured to the top ofa valve-casing and communicating with a guide-tube to an upper water-chamber in the interior of the valvecasing, an interior and lower water-chamber in the valve-casing communicating with said upper water-chamber by means of an opening or port in its upper side forminga valveseat for a rubber ball which is provided with an upper and lower guiding-spindle, the upperspindle extending through the said guidetube into the air-chamber, the lower spindle passing down through the opening or valveseat in the inner chamber and resting upon the inner end of a tubular outlet-lever which is fulcrumed in the mouth of the lower chamber, through which it passes to a lavatory or tank, as the case may be. In the case of a lavatory the lever is manipulated by a pressure of the finger, which elevates the rubber ball, thus allowing the water from the supply-pipe to flow through the lower chamber and thence through the tubular outlet-lever to upper chamber and through the port in the lower lavatory. When the pressure of the finger is withdrawn, the rubber ball drops into the port, forming the valve-seat in the top of the lower chamber by reason of its weight and the action of the compressed air in the airchamber, thus automatically stopping the flow of water. When used to supply water to a tank, the operation and action of the Valve are the same; but instead of the manipulation of the tubular outlet-lever by the finger a lever and float-ball are employed, so that when the wateris run from the tank the float drops, causing the rubber ball to rise and the water to flow, as hereinbefore stated, until the rising of the water in the tank by raising the float releases the pressure from the tubular outlet-lever, thus automatically stopping the flow of water.

Both uses of my invention are illustrated in the drawings, which form a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the various figures.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through valve, showing the airchamber, guide-tube, rubber ball, the upper water-chamber formed by valve-casing, the lower chamber and valve-seat, and the tubular outlet-lever for discharging the water.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of device for causing, maintaining, or stopping the flow of water through the tubular outlet-lever. Fig. 3 is a front view of said regulating device,showing the eccentrically-located opening therein; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of my valve, showing its application in connection with a tank.

The float and levers which are substituted in the last figure for the manipulation by the finger are not to be included by me in making my claims.

The rubber ball A has a lower spindle a and an upper one a and rests in the valveseat B in the top of the lower chamber, the upper spindle extending through the guidetube E into the air-chamber D, which is secured to the top of the valve-casing O, a rubber Washer or a washer of any other suitable material serving as acushion therefor. U is said Washer. A tubular lever outlet-pipe F extends through the mouth of the lowerchamher, where it is fulcrumed into said chamber,

its inner end forming a seat for the lower spindle a of the rubber ball A, as indicated LII it is fulcrumed in the mouth of the lower chamber, and a suitably -shaped nut c is screwed onto the mouth of the lower chamber, inclosing between it and an annular shoulder in the entrance to the lower chamber the said rubber ring and washers, as shown in Fig. l. The water enters from the supplypipe M into the upper water-chamber.

The nut F, having an eccentrically-located opening f and a handlef through which the tubular outlet-lever is adapted to pass, is provided in case it is desired to maintain and make the flow of water more or less. As the handle f is turned it presses the outer end of the tubular outlet-lever down more or less and holds it down as required, thus maintaining the flow of water desired by rea on of the openingf being eccentrically located.

In Fig. 4 the means for causing the flow of water and stopping the same is illustrated, F being an upwardlyextending arm on the outer end of the tubular outlet-lever E, which is adapted to be engaged by a projecting arm 71. on thefloat-leverI-I, part of which, 72,, is recessed and forms a guide for the arm F On the outer end of the lever H is a float-ball 7L2.

A lever I is pivotally secured to the valve- 1 casing and is provided with a stop-notch t to receive the upper tapered end of the arm F and a set-screw t, the manipulation of which will permit the said lever I to be raised and receive the upper end of the arm F in the stop-notch when the water is at the height required in the tank, of which T represents the bottom.

With this description of my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a water-supply valve, a valve-casing and water-chamber communicating, and in combination with a lower water-chamber, a port in the'top of said lower water-chamber forming a valve-seat, a tube depending into the upper water-chamber, a washer superimposed on the flanged upper end of said depending tube, an air-chamber secured in the top of said valve-casing above said washer, and communicating with said depending tube and upper water-chamber, the upper waterchamber having an inlet and the lower waterchamber an outlet, and a ball of rubber or other suitable material provided with an upper and a lower guiding-spindle, the upper spindle extending through said depending tube into the air-chamber and the lower spindle passing down through the opening or valve-seat in the lower watenchamber, said ball being adapted to be raised and lowered to supply or shut off a flow of water from the lower water -chamber, substantially as set forth.

2. In a water-supply valve, an upper and a lower water-chamber communicating by a port forming a valve-seat,in combination with a ball-valve adapted to open and close said port, the lower water-chamber having a mouth or exit, and a tubular outlet-lever fulcru med in said mouth or exit, the inner end of said tubular lever extending into the lower waterchamber and forming a seat for the lower end of the ball-valve or the spindle thereof and the outer end of said tubular lever when depressed serving to open said port by raising the ball-valve and when in its normal position serving to close said port by permitting said ball-valve to drop therein, said tubular lever being adapted to convey the water from the water-chamber to a tank or lavatory, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the ball-valve having upper and a lower spindle, and a waterchamber having an inlet-port or valve-seat and a mouth or exit, with a tubular outletlever fulcrumed in the said mouth or exit of said water-chamber and adapted to open and close said inlet-port by raising and permitting to be lowered said ball-valve, substantially as set forth.

4. In a water-supply valve, the ball-valve provided with an upper and a lower spindle, in combination with a water-chamber having a port forming a valve-seat, a tubular leveroutlet, the inner end of which is adapted to raise said ballvalve when the outer end thereof is depressed, and a nut, having a handle 9 and an eccentric-ally-located opening through which the tubular lever is adapted to pass, secured to the mouth or exit of said waterchamber, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\ HENRY GARDEN IER.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. KERR, O. W. BALDWIN. 

